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against him is a republican state senator which is in the southern part of virginia. there's also jeff clark, an independent businessman and member of the tea party. this district race is getting a lot of national attention because republicans see him as one of the most vulnerable democrats and the congress given he represents a somewhat conservative district and that he voted in favor of his major initiative, health care, cap and trade, stimulus, and someone. he was elected by the smallest margin of any congressional race in the country. republicans see this as a pickup. democrats, however, say that he is a fighter and a tough campaigner. because he supported the same initiatives that he is getting the support of national democrats just as national republicans are trying to take him down. in 2008, he challenged a six- term conservative republican and beat him by 727 votes. this was the closest margin of any race that year in congress. some people think he just rode in on the obama wave. the virginia fifth district is fairly conservative. mccain won with 56% of the vo
against him is a republican state senator which is in the southern part of virginia. there's also jeff clark, an independent businessman and member of the tea party. this district race is getting a lot of national attention because republicans see him as one of the most vulnerable democrats and the congress given he represents a somewhat conservative district and that he voted in favor of his major initiative, health care, cap and trade, stimulus, and someone. he was elected by the smallest...
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the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. wolf, for five minutes. mr. wolf: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to share with my colleagues the text of a letter i sent today to president obama, secretary gates, and admiral mullen. all other parties in the administration charged with executing the war efforts. i'm enclosed my correspondent to the administration a copy of a letter from a constituents who is the mother of six children all of whom are currently serving or have served in the u.s. military. i submit for the record a copy of my original letter to the president as well as a copy of the letter from my constituent and ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the record. my letter today to the administration will read in part, i implore you to consider my constituent's views. the views of an american mother with children glad to serve our country and to move swiftly to establish an afghanistan, pakistan study group modeled after the iraq study group to bring fresh eyes to the war effort in afghanistan. the group would be comprised
the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. wolf, for five minutes. mr. wolf: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to share with my colleagues the text of a letter i sent today to president obama, secretary gates, and admiral mullen. all other parties in the administration charged with executing the war efforts. i'm enclosed my correspondent to the administration a copy of a letter from a constituents who is the mother of six children all of whom are currently serving or...
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host: the pledge to america, republicans laid out their strategy in virginia. max thornberry, talking about defense efforts. >> we are committed to standing by our friends and interest. we will restore full funding for missile defense and pushed up enforcement of sanctions against iran. finally, we believe the national security of any country depends on its ability to control who and what comes across its borders. we will remove obstacles that some federal agencies have put in front of the border patrol that prevent it from doing its that prevent it from doing its job. and we will ensure the government works with, not against, state and law enforcement to enforce all our laws. host: danielle pletka, what do you hear that you like, what else would you like to hear? guest: i like what i heard, but at the end of the day, i have heard a lot of things that i'd like. i have been here for 25 years, but the big thing is implementation. the first iran sanctions bill passed in 1996. it contained all the provision that we see people talking about now. the department of st
host: the pledge to america, republicans laid out their strategy in virginia. max thornberry, talking about defense efforts. >> we are committed to standing by our friends and interest. we will restore full funding for missile defense and pushed up enforcement of sanctions against iran. finally, we believe the national security of any country depends on its ability to control who and what comes across its borders. we will remove obstacles that some federal agencies have put in front of...
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arlington, virginia. caller: i want to start with a brief note of fairness for this sitting president, president barack obama. he did say afghanistan was the good war, he did say that on the campaign trail. for him to receive criticism about going back on a promise is wrong. he said he wanted to leave iraq and to work in afghanistan, which is what he is doing. as i see it, one of the few promis he kept. there were a lot of attacks since president obama became president in the green zone. there were eighin the month of june or something and the media has remained silent on that. if george bush were still president, they would be airing not constantly. it would be on all the front pages across the country. when you see an uptick of violence in the green zone, it may not be a good time to pull aout. it seems like amateur hour here. you could take all of the money spent, look at all the projects that have been completed -- massive amount of projects -- add it all up and it is about $35 billion. this is straig
arlington, virginia. caller: i want to start with a brief note of fairness for this sitting president, president barack obama. he did say afghanistan was the good war, he did say that on the campaign trail. for him to receive criticism about going back on a promise is wrong. he said he wanted to leave iraq and to work in afghanistan, which is what he is doing. as i see it, one of the few promis he kept. there were a lot of attacks since president obama became president in the green zone. there...
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the virginia 5th district is conservative leaning and mccain won it with 50.6% of the vote. it is traditionally a republican stronghold and has become somewhat less so. and it is represented by a democrat. >> virginia's 5th district is the size of new jersey and it is a triangle shape with the sharltsville region, home to the university of virginia and thomas jefferson's home down to the south side of virginia, north carolina border that includes the city of martinsville, danville and part of lynchburg. the economy has hit the district hard. their unemployment tops 20%. it's bad, but not quite as bad as elsewhere in the district. there is unemployment continues to be a problem throughout the district. there have been a number of foreclosures, obviously like everywhere. people who have their jobs, their pay has stagnated for the last few years. so it's certainly a big problem here. tom perriello is a moderate democrat. whereas on some of the big ticket priorities on president obama and the democrats, he voted in favor of health care reform and voted in favor of the cap and tr
the virginia 5th district is conservative leaning and mccain won it with 50.6% of the vote. it is traditionally a republican stronghold and has become somewhat less so. and it is represented by a democrat. >> virginia's 5th district is the size of new jersey and it is a triangle shape with the sharltsville region, home to the university of virginia and thomas jefferson's home down to the south side of virginia, north carolina border that includes the city of martinsville, danville and...
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according to state law, the winners in illinois, west virginia and delaware will take office more or less immediately after votes are canvased and certified and they'll be serving in the lame-duck session. i believe that voters in those states will render a very clear judgment on this lame duck agenda by sending additional reinforcements for our side of the aisle. the campaign strategy of our friends on the other side of the aisle is crystal clear. they are not running on their legislative accomplishments because it's largely unpopular. and they are worried that voters will hold them accountable for the failure of those policies to meet their own stated goals. so they're running campaigns against the american people, some of whom are participating in the political process for the first time. and i'm talking about the tea party movement. calling some of these participants in the process guaranteed by the first amendment of the constitution to redress their government on their grievances and they're deemonizing members of the tea party -- demonizing members of the tea party movement. a
according to state law, the winners in illinois, west virginia and delaware will take office more or less immediately after votes are canvased and certified and they'll be serving in the lame-duck session. i believe that voters in those states will render a very clear judgment on this lame duck agenda by sending additional reinforcements for our side of the aisle. the campaign strategy of our friends on the other side of the aisle is crystal clear. they are not running on their legislative...
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the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. whitfield: i urge passage and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: i also yield back the balance of my time and urge passage. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5809 as amended? those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on motions to suspend the rules previously postponed, votes will be taken in the following order. h.r. 5131, by the yeas and nays, and h.r. 3470 by the yeas and nays. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished b
the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. whitfield: i urge passage and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: i also yield back the balance of my time and urge passage. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5809 as amended?...
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the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. moran: mr. speaker, history is instructive on almost every issue we face in this body. today's issue is whether we should take action so that the wealthiest americans don't have to pay at an income tax rate of 39.6%. so let's look back at when they were taxed at that rate during the clinton administration. well, what happened was exactly the opposite of what the republican party predicted would happen. in fact, people at that rate brought home more after-tax income than any time in american history. 22 million new jobs were created and we had record budget surplusings. in fact, at the end -- surpluses. in fact, at the end of this month we were projected to have paid off all of the debt. relieving our children and grandchildren of any of the debt that we would have otherwise burdened them with. alan greenspan was worried we didn't have enough debt, but instead we had a
the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. moran: mr. speaker, history is instructive on almost every issue we face in this body. today's issue is whether we should take action so that the wealthiest americans don't have to pay at an income tax rate of 39.6%. so let's look back at when they were taxed at that rate during the clinton...
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next i'll develop shay's place a shelter for girls 12 to 18 in virginia. we expect to open this year. however one gap we have is the absence of safe housing. appropriate shelter, specifically for boys and girls who are victims of domestic sex trafficking. shay's place is designated to be a long-term home for six residents with a maximum stay of three years with a two-year aftercare program. it can take years for a victim to recover. each victim requires tailored therapy. this can only be effective in a place of safety and trauma-centered treatment. a shelter like shay's place is not inexpensive to operate. our annual budget is projected to be $600,000. while this provides housing, homeschooling, therapy, activities, food, everything they need, it's supplemented through gifts right now, drastically reduced rent, in kind gifts of furniture and necessities and volunteers. cooperation with law enforcement has been critical on the rescue front and aftercare programs and shelter programs. as the most frequent first responders in a case of domestic minor sex traf
next i'll develop shay's place a shelter for girls 12 to 18 in virginia. we expect to open this year. however one gap we have is the absence of safe housing. appropriate shelter, specifically for boys and girls who are victims of domestic sex trafficking. shay's place is designated to be a long-term home for six residents with a maximum stay of three years with a two-year aftercare program. it can take years for a victim to recover. each victim requires tailored therapy. this can only be...
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it looked for a while as to virginia was going to be one of those special terrorism courts. i've been very pleased to visit spread around. richard reid was in boston. jose padilla was tried in miami. but the reality of it now is that there's a realy bad exerningses. the federal judicial system has now phenomenal materials available to any district three judge. -- i done think you need a specialized bench. i think any competent article three judge can handle these cases. the materials are out there. and as i said the materials is out there now. and i again think that -- we shouldn't tamper with something that's not broken. it's not broken. it's working just fine. if you start creating special core group -- i don't think i fit. so i would leave it as it is. >> other thoughts? other questions? >> i didn't mean chill people when i said you have to use short speeches. >> the judge raced a question about the cyber terrorism. you wrote a niese "the new yorker." really trusting how bad the aspects. how did they apply in those sorts of case? >> about cyber terrorism. i don't think so
it looked for a while as to virginia was going to be one of those special terrorism courts. i've been very pleased to visit spread around. richard reid was in boston. jose padilla was tried in miami. but the reality of it now is that there's a realy bad exerningses. the federal judicial system has now phenomenal materials available to any district three judge. -- i done think you need a specialized bench. i think any competent article three judge can handle these cases. the materials are out...
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alexandria, virginia. democrats line. you are on. go ahead, please. ellis, speak up or we have to move on. caller: i am speaking up. host: what do you have to say? caller: nobody should be too big to fail. host: de have anything more to add? caller: the reason i think these people should be allowed to fail is because already the government has already bailed them out. and at this point, we are still working on bailing them out, yet they do't seem to be helping anybody else out here in this economy right now. and they are actively lobbying right now in congress to try to get to -- republicans get back to office. part of this deal. it is all partisan. and it is all about politics. and what is going to come down to in the end is they say they don't want it to be failing -- ok, the republicans don't, but yet the democrats are saying they are trying to restrict this now so nobody can be too big to fail. and what we will end up is these big companies are going to get their money back, they will all buy into their way and they will -- obviously what we are l
alexandria, virginia. democrats line. you are on. go ahead, please. ellis, speak up or we have to move on. caller: i am speaking up. host: what do you have to say? caller: nobody should be too big to fail. host: de have anything more to add? caller: the reason i think these people should be allowed to fail is because already the government has already bailed them out. and at this point, we are still working on bailing them out, yet they do't seem to be helping anybody else out here in this...
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but five states, virginia, massachusetts, new york, maryland and south carolina sent specific amendments that should be added to the document. foremost in each of those states' amendments was the concept of sovereignty or the ability of states to make the decisions. their goal and their concepts were incorporated in the 10th amendment to the constitution which put in written form the unnamed structure that the founding fathers had established in the constitution. as one of our justices on the supreme court said, the constitution protects us from our own best intentions. it divides power among branches of government precisely so we may resist the temptation to concentrate power in one location as the expedient solution to the crisis of the day. for a century and a half, this nation basically honored that concept. in the last half century, though, we have stretched the idea significantly. starting with the progressive era in the early 1900's'. it was president wilson who called this political witch craft. he said separating powers into hidden corners provided preventatives from consolidati
but five states, virginia, massachusetts, new york, maryland and south carolina sent specific amendments that should be added to the document. foremost in each of those states' amendments was the concept of sovereignty or the ability of states to make the decisions. their goal and their concepts were incorporated in the 10th amendment to the constitution which put in written form the unnamed structure that the founding fathers had established in the constitution. as one of our justices on the...
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george washington being the presiding officer, and also the deputy from virginia, you look at some of the other individuals, the alexander hamilton from new york. again min franklin. governor morris from pennsylvania. james madison. we all know the father of our constitution. these individuals made sure that they put forth a document that we would have and adhere to today. there were a lot of people at that time around the world were looking at this country and say can it exist and survive? but this little document, these 4 k. 400 words showed the world what we were as americans. there was a lot of conflict and a lot of things they could not come to a resolution during that time. slavery was one. they hoped at some point in time that americans come to a resolution of that. as we saw this document progress during that time, when they finally on september 17, 1787, finally came to the resolution they signed the document. it's interesting because it's reported when benjamin franklin left constitution hall a women met him outside, mr. franklin, i'm paraphrasing, what have you given us? he
george washington being the presiding officer, and also the deputy from virginia, you look at some of the other individuals, the alexander hamilton from new york. again min franklin. governor morris from pennsylvania. james madison. we all know the father of our constitution. these individuals made sure that they put forth a document that we would have and adhere to today. there were a lot of people at that time around the world were looking at this country and say can it exist and survive? but...
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moran of virginia and mr. smith of new jersey, are on the floor, both, i believe, to speak on this resolution. what it does is it addresses the abduction of american citizen children to japan. as you might imagine, a very, very important issue for the families involved, for the governments of both the united states and japan. japan's a vital partner and a friend of the united states. but on the issue of international parental child abduction, our two countries' viewpoints are substantially different and progress has been painfully slow. once american children are abducted to japan, the left-behind parents have little or no access to them, even though their children are u.s. an jandnoop -- japanese citizens. currently there are 136 u.s. citizen children abducted to and held in japan. japan's the only g-7 country that's not a signatory to the hague convention that governs international parental child abduction. we urge the japanese government to ratify the convention as quickly as possible. the japanese governme
moran of virginia and mr. smith of new jersey, are on the floor, both, i believe, to speak on this resolution. what it does is it addresses the abduction of american citizen children to japan. as you might imagine, a very, very important issue for the families involved, for the governments of both the united states and japan. japan's a vital partner and a friend of the united states. but on the issue of international parental child abduction, our two countries' viewpoints are substantially...
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aingele is a research scientists working in michigan for the virginia tech transportation institute as part of the center for auto mowive safety research. -- automotive safety research. next to linda is barbara. barbara has been the executive director of the governor's highway safety association, the ghsa, since 1988. and finally my colleague, john maddox, associate administrator for vehicle safety research at nhtsa, the national highway traffic safety administration. so first let's welcome don. >> thank you very much, bob. thank you for the opportunity to represent the trucking industry in today's session. before i begin mycm0"háqspá)j i think i would be remiss if i didn't point out that there was a very important report that was published two weeks ago by nhtsa, in fact, in 2009 the truck involved fatalities were down 20%. now i know that that's still at a level that is a magnitude too high and there are too many families still devastated by the loss of a loved one. but a 20% improvement in one year it's starting to feel like breakthrough or continues improvement to me. there have
aingele is a research scientists working in michigan for the virginia tech transportation institute as part of the center for auto mowive safety research. -- automotive safety research. next to linda is barbara. barbara has been the executive director of the governor's highway safety association, the ghsa, since 1988. and finally my colleague, john maddox, associate administrator for vehicle safety research at nhtsa, the national highway traffic safety administration. so first let's welcome...
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the former chairman of virginia's democratic party writes about her this morning in "the washington post," says sarah palin saved the g.o.p. here how he concludes -- palin started as tonto, but became the lone ranger. she runs mains strong and stood by her party. she's become a bridge between the old republican guard and the growing right-wing dissatisfaction, not just about democrats, but also with republican office holders. palin's ability to advocate for using the g.o.p., not a third party to channel this angst has allowed republican voter anger to boil, yet not boil over. should republicans run up the score in november, sarah palin will deserve a lot of credit she will never get. guest: i don't know whether she'll get it, but i think that's a very accurate assessment. i think palin has been great. she's been a dynamo. she has advocated for conservative principles unapologetically. when they tried to beat her down, she bounces right back, and she's right back in her faces, and she set an example. and really, do you realize what it's like to have the entire media machine and conservati
the former chairman of virginia's democratic party writes about her this morning in "the washington post," says sarah palin saved the g.o.p. here how he concludes -- palin started as tonto, but became the lone ranger. she runs mains strong and stood by her party. she's become a bridge between the old republican guard and the growing right-wing dissatisfaction, not just about democrats, but also with republican office holders. palin's ability to advocate for using the g.o.p., not a...
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if you want to give us a call -- our first call comes from richmond, virginia. randy on our line for republicans. caller: i have a question -- or a common. -- comment. i wanted to give you a personal compliments on your last segment. you were ry professional -- not just cracking of about the planets alignments on september 50. host: thank you a lot. thank you for your questions or comments. caller: i saw on msnbc about the secretary of labor was talking about the large portion of money being invested in this high tech training. doing se investments there. i work in a very high tech field and i have beennemployed for over eight months. i have plenty of security. my question is, how do you think that will trace how those funds will help of the lower income, or as you were saying, just high-school educated person in the workforce? i believe it would be a good step, but it will not help anything in the here and now to get any kind of education in the high-tech industry -- you at least need a four-year degree. guest: thais true. if you are looking in the high- tech i
if you want to give us a call -- our first call comes from richmond, virginia. randy on our line for republicans. caller: i have a question -- or a common. -- comment. i wanted to give you a personal compliments on your last segment. you were ry professional -- not just cracking of about the planets alignments on september 50. host: thank you a lot. thank you for your questions or comments. caller: i saw on msnbc about the secretary of labor was talking about the large portion of money being...